Japan Press Weekly

(September 11, 2007)

Abe in policy speech clings to rejected policies of 'structural reform' and constitutional revision

(September 10, 2007)

Constitutional council holds lecture meeting in Tokyo

(September 6, 2007)

Three parties jointly request Upper House president to allow sufficient question time

(September 5, 2007)

Four opposition parties agree to cooperate in the Diet

(September 5, 2007)

Defense Minister corrected political funds report after taking office

(September 5, 2007)

LDP Upper House member steps down over violation of election law

(August 31, 2007)

Abe still seeks constitutional revision to be initiated in 2010

(August 29, 2007)

JCP Shii on new Abe cabinet and upcoming extraordinary Diet session

(August 28, 2007)

Abe reshuffles cabinet without reflecting on popular verdict

(August 28, 2007)

JCP Ichida criticizes new Abe Cabinet

(August 28, 2007)

Cabinet lineup shows Abe is sticking to his same old policies

(August 19, 2007)

DPJ policy on extension of Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law draws attention

(August 11, 2007)

Government appeals against hepatitis ruling

(August 8, 2007)

Extraordinary Diet session convened

(August 3, 2007)

JCP Dietmembers: Government must give up appealing drug-induced hepatitis cases

(August 1, 2007)

Court orders state and drug makers to compensate drug-induced hepatitis C patients

(July 31, 2007)

Abe defies public outcry to step down

(July 27, 2007)

JCP hands over 2 million yen to quake-hit Niigata Prefecture

(July 26, 2007)

JCP Shii urges prime minister to swiftly assist quake victims and review nuclear power plant safety standards

(July 23, 2007)

Shii: Abe cabinet lacks political ethics; Chief cabinet secretary suspected of being implicated in office expense scandal

(July 21, 2007)

Foreign minister makes outrageous remark

(July 13, 2007)

Party heads fail to speak of poverty or constitutional revision

(July 7, 2007)

LDP and DPJ competing for votes from religious groups

(July 5, 2007)

While calling for defense of Constitution, SDP is supporting pro-constitutional revision DPJ candidates

(July 4, 2007)

Gender equality agenda disappears from LDP election platform

(June 30 and July 1, 2007)

Ruling coalition forcibly enacts adverse bills

(June 30, 2007)

JCP chair denounces Abe Cabinet for its ‘four wrongdoings’

(June 30, 2007)

JCP supports motion of no confidence against Abe Cabinet

(June 29, 2007)

Pension bills rammed through Upper House committee

(June 29, 2007)

Government promises to send pension records to all holders: measure JCP has demanded

(June 28, 2007)

JCP proposes bill for urgently solving pension issue

(June 27, 2007)

Government forces Insurance Agency staff to return bonus

(June 23, 2007)

Ruling block forcibly extends Diet session

(June 22, 2007)

Ruling coalition repeatedly force passage of adverse bills: abnormality in the Diet

(June 20, 2007)

JCP Ichida criticizes ruling parties for repeatedly railroading bills

(June 19, 2007)

JCP Ichida expresses opposition to extending Diet session to enact adverse bills

(June 18, 2007)

Osaka Prefectural panel calls on assembly members to return policy research funds of 340 million yen

(June 15, 2007)

Politicians, bureaucrats, and businesses must stop sponging off pension premiums: JCP Koike

(June 15, 2007)

Lower House passes bill to revise the Political Funds Control Law

(June 12, 2007)

JCP Ichida on G8 Summit

(June 10, 2007)

G8 Summit agreement will be tested by whether participating countries can take effective measures

(June 2, 2007)

Advertising agencies are heavily engaged in politics

(May 29, 2007)

Agriculture Minister Matsuoka commits suicide

(May 26, 2007)

LDP and Komei push bill through Lower House committee to dissolve Social Insurance Agency

(May 23, 2007)

Mie Prefectural Assembly to abolish members’ overseas trip at public expense yielding to JCP demand

(May 16, 2007)

JCP criticizes government bill to revise public service law in order to promote ‘Amakudari’

(May 2, 2007)

Japanese and U.S. ministers agree on intelligence cooperation to enable Japan to wage wars together with the U.S.

(April 29, 2007)

For whom did Abe say the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is ‘irreplaceable’?

(April 20, 2007)

Bill to adversely revise Juvenile Law passed through Lower House

(April 19, 2007)

JCP Nihi criticizes undemocratic nature of constitutional revision procedure bill